Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

THE n EWS IN BRIEF
Morris Marx, who killed his boarding
mistress by throwing vitriol over her, was
last Saturday sent to New York state pris-
ON for 20 years.
La France says that the police authori-
ties are keeping from the public the actual
number Of deaths resulting from the Opera
Comique fire. 1t estimates the number at
over 200.
Authentic news is said to have reached
Tombstone, Arizona that IA volcano broke
out at the time of the first earthquake on
the chihuahua side of the Sierra Madre
mountains in Mexico, near Piedras Nerdes,
and about 30 miles west of Casas Grandes.
Different parties, numbering 80 persons in
all have gone from Casas Grandes to inspect
the volcano, but, owing to the intense heat,
they have been unable to approach nearer
than within three miles of the mass of mol
ten lava which pours down the mountain
side. and which is estimated to extend fully
ten miles from the crater Of the volcano
Eight men were instantly killed and one
badly injured Saturday afternoon by "a pre-
mature explosion Of dynamite at the Cam
bria iron company's stone quarries at Biz
mingham, Pa.
The Cunard steamship Umbria arrived at
the bar at New York last Saturday noon
having made the quickest passage from
Queenstown on record, her time being with
in few minutes of six days and three
hours The fastest passage before this one
was made by the Etruria of the same line,
her time being six days, five hours, A min
utes.
A Texas and Pacific railroad express
train was robbed by four masked men eight
Cat ,lux
night 1890 was taken from the express
car and three registered letters from the
mail car The passengers were not modest
ed.
DR.. Anderson Critchett, the swell Lon
don doctor, was offered recently $50, 900,
probably the largest fee on record, to go to
India to treat one of the native princes.
He declined the offer.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G, Blaine and their
daughters, Misses Margaret and Hattie
Blaine, sailed from New York for Europe
Wednesday evening by the North German
Lloyd steamship Ems.
A waterspout burst over Hooversville,
Pa on Tuesday flooding the village and ruin
ing the effects Of about one hundred families.
The President and his party left the Adj
rondacks on Thursday. They were TO
breakfast with Gov. Hill at Albany this
morning and will reach Washington to-
morrow.
! Seventeen Apache Indians have left the
reservation in Arizona and gone on the war
path. 1t is stated that the Indians killed
one man near Calabasa.
Five bows, three named Beck and two
named Hindel-whose ages ranged from
| to 10 years, were drowned near Aaquoketa,
| la. Monday. Two of them persisted while
| attempting to rescue the others
! 4 lodge of 80 blood thirsty anarchists has
| been unearthed at Cincinnati. 1t dates its
existence from the visit of Mrs. Parsons
last March.
The Saratoga express on the Fitchburg
railroad, going west, met with serious ac'
cident at Pownal station in this state Tues
day evening. The two rear cars, which
we're occupied by Philips excursionists en-
route to California, were thrown from the
track by the springing Of a switch, and
toppled over upon their sides, and dozen
or more passengers were hurt more or less
seriously The accident happened on the
cross-over from the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel
and Western to the Troy and Boston tracks.
There is some dispute as TO its cause. Sec
tiop Master Rooney says the track and
switch were all right, while other railroad
men say that the flange on the rear truck
wheel of the Pullman car caught in the
| point of the switch and threw the switch
over
The New York Evening Post says the
pleuro- pneumonia in the northern towns of
| Westminster county has assumed very Sc
rious and alarming condition within the last
two weeks. The disease was first detected
in March A cattle quarantine was estab-
lished in the county, and up to Saturday
last 363 head of cattle had been condemned
Ia he slaughtered, and the authorities are
killing them as fast as possible.
Joaouin Miller has sold his log cabin lot
in Washington for $500, which is about
five times what it cost.
Mrs Gen. Grant and her family will oc-
cupy Long Branch cottage for the summer
Subscriptions have been opened for the
Protestant Episcopal cathedral which 1t Is
proposed to erect in New York.
There is great distress in Hungary from
floods. Numerous lives have been lost and
entire herds of cattle have been drowned.
1t is said 80, 900 acres Of wheat will be sub
merged. and it is calculated that 10000
families have been ruined.
Delaware dispatches say that the rose
hug is devouring fruit and vegetation OF all
kinds. Peach, pear, plum and cherry trees
are shorn of their fruit, and vineyards and
wheat fields are devastated. The young
neaches are covered with the pests and
when they are brushed of nothing nut
; mass of pulp remains. The growers say
that the crop is ruined. On branch two
feet long Of a cherry tree thirty -elght bugs
! we're found. The leaves were i'll specks
and Of a dead. yellow color, and of the
} cherries there was nothing left except the
stone. The bugs cover the wheat fields and
are completely destroying the crop. Fences
hedges, VINEYARDS, orchards and fields are
p covered with nlyriads of the bugs. Houses
p are invaded by them. They are the Old
! fashioned rose bug.
Advices received at the marine hosplta
bureau at Washington from Key West
! Fla, are TO the effect that yellow ieVer
l spreading through the town Several death
have occurred and new cases are reported
daily. The infection came from Harana.
W w. Corcoran, the aged millionaire
philanthropist, of Washington, was sudden
iv stricken with paralysis iii the left arm
y and left leg Monday afternoon while at tn
a dining table Mr., Corcoran is ~ years old
n Il has been proved beyond doubt by tn
! ,;cL;n,, nm of the captains chest that tn
a steamer Sir John Lawrence was lost IN tn
recent cyclone off the coast OF Calcutta
= The steamer carried 730 passengers and
n is believed the whole number were LOST
A The largest part of the passengers were ma
A tive ladies' who were going to Juggerhau'
a i'm Orissa. TO celebrate the Juggernaut res
; tival The disaster causes great grlel
It Calcutta.
4 Ranresentatives of all the leading rubbe
manufacturers in the country met al Ne'
WorL last "Wednesday and formed gigar
10 @trnst " whose capital stands ON tn
II hooks at s35, 900, 900. Three directors ~er
d named who have power to import all tn
. crude rubber required, fix market prices
+ raw materials and manufactured prodncl
Is and also the wages paid to labor The rul
n Der industry represents an investment
g. about $50. OOO, 600 and an annual pIToduii
3 ton of 500, 900, 600 worth Of goods